Absent - Definition

absent

adj 1: not being in a specified place [ant: present]
2: nonexistent; "the thumb is absent"; "her appetite was
lacking" [syn: lacking, absent, missing, wanting]
3: lost in thought; showing preoccupation; "an absent stare";
"an absentminded professor"; "the scatty glancing quality of
a hyperactive but unfocused intelligence" [syn: absent,
absentminded, abstracted, scatty]
v 1: go away or leave; "He absented himself" [syn: absent,
remove]

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